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__version__ = "2.3.0"
from sys import version_info


def detect(aBuf):
    if ((version_info < (3, 0) and isinstance(aBuf, unicode)) or
            (version_info >= (3, 0) and not isinstance(aBuf, bytes))):
        raise ValueError('Expected a bytes object, not a unicode object')

    from . import universaldetector
    u = universaldetector.UniversalDetector()
    u.reset()
    u.feed(aBuf)
    u.close()
    return u.result